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The Salem Wildcats soccer team will honor their 3 seniors today when they host Newton. Haden Irvin, Andrew Tate and Daniyal Islam will play their final regular season game at home. Salem will host the...

The NTC Tournament continued with semifinals yesterday. North Clay fell at Altamont 4-2 as the Indians plated 3 in the 3rd for their big output. For North Clay, Ian Jones and Jesse Weidner drove in ru...

Congratulations to Zelena Koch who won her 3rd straight individual Class S regional cross country title winning at Mt Vernon Airport yesterday in a time of 12:54. Koch also helped Woodlawn to the regi...

The SIJHSAA State Baseball and Softball Trophy games will be played today. In Class L at Centralia, the baseball finals will see O'Fallon Fulton and Harrisburg after Millstadt and DuQuoin play for 3rd...

Things to watch during Week 6 of play in the Big Ten Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK Iowa (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) at Illinois (4-1, 1-1) Illinois is riding a wave of momentum under second-year coach Bret Biel...

The owner of a sports memorabilia auction house says he has offered $2 million to the fan who caught Aaron Judge's American League-record 62nd home run. JP Cohen, president of Memory Lane Inc. in Tust...

CINCINNATI (AP) - The Cincinnati Reds lost 100 games for the first time in four decades, falling to the Cubs 15-2 in their season finale on Wednesday as David Bote drove in a season-high five runs. Ci...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The chants for Albert Pujols began in earnest in the eighth inning, with most of the red-clad fans inside PNC Park yearning for one last regular season at bat for the St. Louis Cardi...

The Salem Lady Wildcats volleyball team fell to 8-12 on the season when they dropped a 2-set match at Centralia 13-25, 16-25. The night began with the freshmen winning 26-24, 25-18 to improve to 8-3. ...

The Salem Wildcats overcame 2 goal deficits on 3 different occasions on their way to a 6-5 win over East Alton Wood River on the road. Salem trailed 2-0 in the first 2 minutes of the game before Haden...